Poetic Meter and Poetic Form"This book might be required reading for all students of poetry because it makes wonderfully clear the relationship of metrics to the formal achievement of meaning ... Fussell's command of his subject and his never-failing common sense will guarantee ... enrichment for anyone who takes the time to read this book."--Frank Lentricchia, Jr., PoetryDonated by Prabu Vasan. |
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Page 258
... accentual and that they are converted to tonal representations in the course of the derivation . Rather he claims that Kimatuumbi has both tonal and accentual phenomena , and that these have different formal characteristics ; they must ...
... accentual and that they are converted to tonal representations in the course of the derivation . Rather he claims that Kimatuumbi has both tonal and accentual phenomena , and that these have different formal characteristics ; they must ...
Page 316
... accentual rhythm is distinctly present , in that the accentual Forms 2 and 4 predominate over all other accentual Forms . It has been found that the different accentual Forms occur in the clausulae of the writers named in about the ...
... accentual rhythm is distinctly present , in that the accentual Forms 2 and 4 predominate over all other accentual Forms . It has been found that the different accentual Forms occur in the clausulae of the writers named in about the ...
Page 368
... accentual mobility (Olander 2009: 155–198 and passim; 2015: 49–50). In this contribution I focus on the accentual mobility found in thematic as well as athematic nominal paradigms and in thematic verbal paradigms in Baltic and Slavic ...
... accentual mobility (Olander 2009: 155–198 and passim; 2015: 49–50). In this contribution I focus on the accentual mobility found in thematic as well as athematic nominal paradigms and in thematic verbal paradigms in Baltic and Slavic ...
Contents
The Nature of Meter | 3 |
The Technique of Scansion | 17 |
Metrical Variations | 30 |
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